No mom, I want to go on the ferris wheel!

Apparently, Mel Gibson is considering recreating the crucifixion in the streets of Sydney. “Plans include holding the Last Supper at the famous Sydney Opera House ending with the crucifixion of Christ at St. Mary's Cathedral.” Reading this immediately reminded me of other re-enactments, particularly of Civil War battles. While those involved in the re-enactments may very well be incredibly devoted to the events, it strikes me as odd to think of re-enacting Jesus’ death. First of all, it sounds somewhat like a festival, carnival, tourist attraction. If that’s the way the Church is going… much of my already shriveled respect for religious traditions is quickly disappearing. And secondly, the Civil War is an event that is over and people re-enact it acknowledging it as such. While I’m aware that the crucifixion of Jesus is over, it seems that by re-enacting part of the Bible, Christianity becoming ever more concretized and defined, it loses a lot of the universal and eternal appeal that it had before. The climax of the Bible being acknowledged as past and done with – somehow seems a symbol that everything else in the Bible; all the stories, morals, lessons – are also past and done with.

Good thing I’m not religious.

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